2010 CrossFit Games

2010 CrossFit Games
Venue	Home Depot Center
Location	Carson, California
Dates	July 16–18, 2010
Champions
Men	Graham Holmberg
Women	Kristan Clever
Team	CrossFit Fort Vancouver
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The 2010 CrossFit Games were the fourth CrossFit Games, held on July 16–18, 2010. This year's Games were the first to be staged at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California after three years at the ranch in Aromas.^[1] The men's competition was won by Graham Holmberg, the women's by Kristan Clever, and the Team by CrossFit Fort Vancouver.^[2]

This year the qualification was expanded to a two-stage process with the introduction of Sectionals, a precursor to the online CrossFit Open introduced the following year.^[3] Individual athletes had to compete in local Sectionals to qualify for the Regionals. This was also the first time that regional qualifiers were required for all games participants including individuals, affiliate teams, and masters. The masters competition was introduced this year for male and female participants over the age of 50. The number of scored events in the Games was increased to nine spread over three days of competition. With sponsorship from Progenex, each individual winner was awarded $25,000.^[4]

The 2010 Games featured the debut of Rich Froning Jr., who would go on to win the Games the following four years. He had a lead going into the final event of the 2010 Games, but climbed the rope legless when he could use his legs to help with the climb, and ended up 12th in the event, allowing Holmberg to emerge the winner of the Games.^[5] This year, the Games were streamed live for the first time online.^[6]